Frequency of and factors associated with severe maternal morbidity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the frequency of severe maternal morbidity, assess its underlying etiologies, and develop a scoring system to predict its occurrence.Supplemental Digital Content is Available in the Text.

Methods

This was a secondary analysis of a Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network cohort of 115,502 women and their neonates born in 25 hospitals across the United States over a 3-year period. Women were classified as having severe maternal morbidity according to a scoring system that takes into account the occurrence of red blood cell transfusion (more than three units), intubation, unanticipated surgical intervention, organ failure, and intensive care unit admission. The frequency of sever

SUBMITTER: Grobman WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4116103 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature